Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: 'Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit'

✍ Scribed by Chammah J. Kaunda

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 426
• Series: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book examines the complex and multifaceted nature of African Pentecostal engagements with genders and sexualities. In the last three decades, African Pentecostalism has emerged as one the most visible and profound aspects of religious change on the continent, and is a social force that straddles cultural, economic, and political spheres. Its conventional and selective literal interpretations of the Bible with respect to gender and sexualities are increasingly perceived as exhibiting a strong influence on many aspects of social and public institutions and their moral orientations. This collection features articles which examine sexualities and genders in African Pentecostalism using interdisciplinary methodological and theoretical approaches grounded within traditional African thought systems, with the goal of enabling a broader understanding of Pentecostalism and sexualities in Africa.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvii
Introduction: African Pentecostalism, Genders, Sexualities and Spirituality (Chammah J. Kaunda, Sokfa F. John)....Pages 1-16
Front Matter ....Pages 17-17
Problematizing the Use of the Bible in the Human Sexuality and Pentecostal Spirituality Debate (Lovemore Togarasei)....Pages 19-34
Moving Forward in Reverse Gear? Sexuality, Dress and Public Spaces in Harare (Tapiwa Praise Mapuranga)....Pages 35-49
Publicizing the “Private”: New Pentecostal Movements in Zimbabwe and the Discourses on Sexuality (Molly Manyonganise)....Pages 51-65
“A New Man in Christ?”: Pentecostalism and the Construction of Masculinities (Rosinah Mmannana Gabaitse)....Pages 67-80
Interaction Between Societal Constructions on Women Fertility and African Pentecostalism: A Seedbed for Gender-Based Violence in Swaziland (Sonene Nyawo)....Pages 81-99
Zambian Pentecostalism, Gender-Based Violence and Human Rights of Victims (Jackie Mapulanga-Hulston, Maureen Mapulanga Chikoya)....Pages 101-117
“Clean the Nation Spiritually”: The Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs (MNGRA) and the National Sexual Moral Order in Zambia (Chammah J. Kaunda, Nelly Mwale, Joseph Chita, Mutale M. Kaunda)....Pages 119-134
Front Matter ....Pages 135-135
Afro-Pentecostalism and Marital Challenges: A Kenyan Perspective (Elizabeth Nancy Muriithi, Julius Gathogo, Josephine Gitome)....Pages 137-149
The Ideal Does Not Exist on Earth: Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in African Pentecostalism (David Tonghou Ngong)....Pages 151-168
Initiation Rites and Sex Education: A Ghanaian Pentecostal Perspective (Emmanuel Kwesi Anim)....Pages 169-192
An Appraisal of Pentecostal Children’s Understanding of Sex and Sexuality (Mutale M. Kaunda, Josephine Y. Towani)....Pages 193-212
“Need but Not Numbers”: Challenges Enshrined in Pentecostal Discourses of Singlehood in Zimbabwe—An African Womanist Perspective (Kudzai Biri)....Pages 213-228
Sexuality, Marriage and Singleness Among Pentecostal Indian Women in South Africa (Linda Naicker)....Pages 229-244
‘Virtual People’ and Matches Made in Heaven: The Pitch of Born-Again Dating Platforms and Pentecostal Attitude Towards Online Dating (Sokfa F. John)....Pages 245-262
Front Matter ....Pages 263-263
Continuity and Discontinuity of Haya Traditions on Charismatic Teaching on Human Sexuality in Tanzania (Faith K. Lugazia)....Pages 265-279
“Can a Queer Be Born Again?”: The Experiences of the LGBTIQ+ Pentecostals at Grace Bible Church, Soweto (Tebogo Sewapa)....Pages 281-303
Is Homosexuality the Eternal Sin? A Critique of Pentecostal Arguments Against Same-Sex Relations in Africa (Asonzeh Ukah)....Pages 305-324
‘Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin’: Homosexuality and Masculinity Politics Among Pentecostal-Charismatics—A Case of the Mighty Men’s Conference (MMC) (Kennedy Owino)....Pages 325-346
Congolese Pentecostalism, Gender and Sexual Orientation (Isaac K. Mbabazi)....Pages 347-373
Performances of Sexualities: Exploring Discourses of Heteronormativity and Prejudice in Pentecostal Spaces (Sindiso Zhou, Nhlanhla Landa)....Pages 375-389
Infidelity Among Afro-Pentecostal Leadership: The Kenyan Case (Julius Gathogo)....Pages 391-409
Back Matter ....Pages 411-415

✦ Subjects

Religious Studies; Religion and Society; Religion and Gender; Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism; Gender and Sexuality